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According to Tom Loeffler, the managing director of K2 Promotions, he is still attempting to make a fight between middleweight ruler, Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), and mandatory challenger Danny Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs).
What had been rumored for the last week or so was confirmed on Wednesday as WBO cruiserweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk (10-0, 9KOs) was added to HBO's December 17th broadcast from the Forum in Inglewood, California. In what will be his first title defense, the highly regarded Usyk will take on Thabiso Mchunu.
Golden Boy Promotions has three televised cards in December to end what was a busy 2016 that saw them stage over two dozen shows that were televised on such outlets as HBO, HBO Pay-Per-View and EstrellaTV. Don't look for this pace to slow down in 2017.
Promoter Bob Arum, who this past weekend staged a major pay-per-view fight featuring Manny Pacquiao without the help of HBO or Showtime, says that he has good relationships with both networks.
Noted trainer Robert Garcia has advised BoxingScene.com that he has signed highly touted amateur Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez - the younger brother of undefeated bantamweight prospect, Joshua Franco (7-0, 4 KO's) - to a managerial deal and has inked him to a promotional pact with Teiken Promotions.
The last we saw of Brian Viloria he was getting stopped in nine rounds by Roman Gonzalez for the WBC flyweight title last October at the Madison Square Garden in New York. 'the Hawaiian Punch' who has won multiple titles at 108 and 112 pounds is ready to make one last title run.
Robert Garcia is one of the most well-known trainers in the sport and recently has begun to manage boxers. He has advised BoxingScene.com that his latest protege' Joseph Adorno has inked a promotional deal with Top Rank.
For better or worse, former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will fight on. On March 5th he made his return to the ring after more than four years away from the sport and struggled mightily in defeating Jorge Paez Jr, winning a ten round decision(while getting floored in the process). Then on August 13th he looked a tad better in beating Roman Alvarez.
Manager Cameron Dunkin has a well-earned reputation as one of the best bird-dogs in all of boxing and is known for having guided the careers of a multitude of champions, going back from Stevie Johnston, Danny Romero and more recently the likes of Kelly Pavlik, Nonito Donaire, Jessie Vargas (who faces Manny Pacquiao this weekend in Las Vegas) and Terence Crawford.
Middleweight contender Curtis Stevens (28-5, 21KOs) - who faces James De La Rosa on November 19th at the T-Mobile Arena as part of the undercard to the Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward pay-per-view - is a bit amused by all the middleweights who have recently called out Gennady Golovkin but then somehow find ways not to face him.